Development of Marple

Marple and the railways - Transport networks from 1790

Author: Neil Mullineux

Published: Marple Local History Society, July 2015.

A5, paperback book, 50 pages

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An overview of the way different transport networks have served Marple and Mellor since the first industries in the area. First the turnpikes, then the canal with early tramways and then the railways proper.

Chapter 1- Pre railway networksThe coming of the turnpikes and then the Peak Forest Canal.Chapter 2- Early tramwaysThe Peak Forest tramway, the temporary Marple tramway and the Cromford and High Peak Railway.Chapter 3- The coming of the railway 1830-1865The skulduggery and shenanigans that went on before a railway eventually arrived in Marple.Chapter 4 - The growth of the railway 1865-1900How Marple went from a small suburban station to a major mainline junction with 250 trains each day, over 100 stopping.Chapter 5- Decline and renewal 1900-2015And back to being a small suburban station.Chapter 6 - Influence on Marple and MellorThe houses that were built and the houses that were not built. And the pubs. The recreational attractions for the mills of Manchester and the literary associations.